Get a player
AI agents call get_badges to retrieve information from Steam MCP Server without modifying anything — typically the context-gathering step in research, monitoring, and reporting workflows, before the agent takes action elsewhere.
This tool queries and retrieves player badge information without any side effects. It performs a GET operation against the Steam API to fetch badge progress or completion data, similar to other read-only tools on this server. No data is created, modified, deleted, or executed.
From the tool's definition Tool name 'get_badges' and description 'Get a player' indicate retrieval of player badge data with no modification or deletion capability.
Attacks that exploit this kind of access
Get a player. It is categorised as a Read tool in the Steam MCP Server MCP Server, which means it retrieves data without modifying state.
Register the Steam MCP Server MCP server in PolicyLayer and add a rule for get_badges: allow, deny, rate-limit, or require approval. Point your MCP client at the PolicyLayer proxy URL and the rule is enforced on every call, before it reaches Steam MCP Server. Nothing to install.
get_badges is a Read tool with low risk. Read-only tools are generally safe to allow by default.
Yes. Add a rate_limit block to the get_badges rule in your PolicyLayer policy. For example, setting max: 10 and window: 60 limits the tool to 10 calls per minute. Rate limits are tracked per agent session and reset automatically.
Set action: deny in the PolicyLayer policy for get_badges. The AI agent will receive a policy violation error and cannot call the tool. You can also include a reason field to explain why the tool is blocked.
get_badges is provided by the Steam MCP Server MCP server (sharkusmanch/steam-mcp-server). PolicyLayer sits as a proxy in front of this server to enforce policies before tool calls reach the server.
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